Lord Mayor of Brisbane

The Lord Mayor of Brisbane is the chief executive of the City of Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland, and the head of the Brisbane City Council. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner of the Liberal National Party was sworn in on 8 April 2019, following the resignation of Graham Quirk.^[3]

Lord Mayor of Brisbane
Coat of Arms of Brisbane
Flag of Brisbane
Incumbent Adrian Schrinner since 8 April 2019
Style	The Right Honourable, the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Councillor[1]
Member of	Civic Cabinet
Seat	Brisbane City Hall
Term length	4 years (renewable)
Inaugural holder	William Jolly
Formation	1 October 1925; 99 years ago (1 October 1925)
Salary	A$377,394 (not including allowance)[2]
Website	www.brisbane.qld.gov.au

The Lord Mayor serves a four-year term running concurrently with that of the City Council, and is elected by optional preferential voting. As Brisbane is by far the largest local government area in Australia, the Lord Mayor is elected by the largest single-member electorate in the Australia.

Like all mayors in Queensland, the Lord Mayor has broad executive powers and additional civic and ceremonial duties.^[4][5] The Lord Mayor is responsible for policy development, implementing policies enacted by the council, leading and controlling the business of council, preparing the budget and directing the chief executive and senior managers.^[5][6][7] The Lord Mayor also chairs the council's Civic Cabinet and is an ex officio member of all council committees.^[3]

Mayors of the Brisbane Municipal Council (1859–1903)

The Town of Brisbane, established in 1859, was led by a mayor.^[8][9][10]

Mayor	Term
John Petrie	1859–1862
Thomas Blacket Stephens[11]	1862
George Edmondstone	1863
Joshua Jeays	1864
Albert John Hockings (1st term)	1865
Richard Symes Warry	1866
Albert John Hockings (2nd term)	1867
John Hardgrave	1868–1869
William Pettigrew	1870
Francis Murray	1871
Edward Joseph Baines	1872
James Swan	1873–1875
Richard Ash Kingsford	1876
Alfred Hubbard	1877–1878
John Daniel Heal	1879
John Sinclair	1880–1881
Robert Porter	1882
Abram Robertson Byram	1883
John McMaster (1st term)	1884
Benjamin Harris Babbidge	1885
James Hipwood	1886–1887
Richard Southall	1888
William McNaughton Galloway	1889
John McMaster (2nd term)	1890
John Allworth Clark	1891
George Watson	1892
John McMaster (3rd term)	1893
Robert Fraser	1894–1895
Robert Woods Thurlow	1896
John McMaster (4th term)	1897
William Thorne	1898
William Andrew Seal	1899
James Nicol Robinson	1900
Thomas Proe (1st term)	1901
Leslie Corrie	1902–1903

Mayors of the Brisbane City Council (1903–1925)

The City of Brisbane, established in 1903, replaced the Town of Brisbane and was led by a mayor.^[12]

Mayor	Term	Party
Leslie Corrie	1903
Thomas Rees	1904
Thomas Proe (2nd term)	1905
John Crase	1906
William Murray Thompson	1907
Charles Packenham Buchanan (1st term)	1908
Thomas Wilson	1909
John Hetherington (1st term)	1910
Harry Diddams (1st term)	1911
Alfred John Raymond	1912
Harry Doggett	1913
Charles Moffatt Jenkinson	1914
George Down	1915
John Hetherington (2nd term)	1916–1917
John McMaster (5th term)	1918–1919
Charles Packenham Buchanan (2nd term)	1919–1919
James Francis Maxwell	1920–1921		National
Harry Diddams (2nd term)	1921–1924
Maurice Barry	1924–1925		Labor
Thomas Wilson (2nd term)[13]	1925

Lord Mayors of the Brisbane City Council

The new City of Brisbane, established in 1925, replaced the former City of Brisbane and is led by the Lord Mayor.

1925–present

No.	Portrait	Mayor	Party	Term start	Term end	Council control (term)
1		William Jolly (1881−1955)	United	1925	24 February 1931
2		Archibald Watson (1874−1941)	Nationalist Civic	24 February 1931	11 May 1931
3		John William Greene (1876−1959)	Progressive	11 May 1931	1934
4		Alfred James Jones (1871−1945)	Labor	1934	1940
5		John Beals Chandler (1887−1962)	Citizens' Municipal Organisation	1940	1952
6		Frank Roberts (1913−1992)	Labor	1952	1955
7		Reg Groom (1906−1987)	Citizens' Municipal Organisation	1955	1961
8		Clem Jones (1918−2007)	Labor	1961	1975
9		Bryan Walsh	Labor	1975	1976
10		Frank Sleeman (1915−2000)	Labor	1976	1982
11		Roy Harvey (1921−2006)	Labor	1982	1985
12		Sallyanne Atkinson (b. 1942)	Liberal	1985	1991
13		Jim Soorley (b. 1951)	Labor	1991	2003
14		Tim Quinn (b. 1949)	Labor	2003	27 March 2004
15		Campbell Newman (b. 1963)	Liberal	27 March 2004	15 March 2008		Labor majority (2004–2008)
				15 March 2008	26 July 2008		Liberal majority (2008)
(15)			Liberal National	26 July 2008	3 April 2011		LNP majority (2008–present)
16		Graham Quirk (b. c. 1958)	Liberal National	3 April 2011	8 April 2019
17		Adrian Schrinner (b. 1977)	Liberal National	8 April 2019	incumbent

Historical party names

Prior to 1976, conservative councillors stood on a variety of different platforms: the United Party, Nationalist Citizens Party, Civic Reform League, the Citizens' Municipal Organisation, the Liberal Civic Party and the Brisbane Civic Party.^[14]

The United Party and its successor the Nationalist Citizens Party were created as the vehicle for conservative candidates to campaign against Labor candidates in the newly formed Brisbane City Council, without formally acknowledging their links to the main conservative party of the time. The Nationalist Citizens Party was doomed when the very conservative Civic Reform League was created on 12 December 1930. That saw most of the conservative councillors from the Nationalist Citizens Party, led by Acting Mayor Watson, defect to the Civic Reform League, which failed to win the subsequent elections.^[15] The Progress Party was created at the same time and, in the 1931 election, saw only three of its candidates win, including John Greene, who became Lord Mayor as a compromise candidate amongst the 20 alderman.^[16]

The Citizens' Municipal Organisation (CMO) was ostensibly a non-partisan grouping, but was informally aligned with the United Australian Party and then, after 1944, the newly formed Liberal Party. The CMO was formed on 23 June 1936 and was the platform for the election campaigns of Sir John Chandler and Sir Reg Groom. Finally, in the 1976 election, the Liberal Party began to contest Brisbane municipal elections under its own name.^[17]

Electoral results

2024

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane^[18][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Adrian Schrinner	343,330	48.59	+0.85
	Labor	Tracey Price	186,250	26.36	−4.58
	Greens	Jonathan Sriranganathan	137,454	19.45	+4.05
	Legalise Cannabis	Clive Brazier	23,580	3.34	+3.34
	Independent	Bruce Tanti	10,070	1.43	+1.43
	Independent	Gilbert Holmes	5,958	0.84	+0.84
Total formal votes			706,642	97.97	+0.66
Informal votes			14,656	2.03	−0.66
Turnout			721,298	85.31
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Adrian Schrinner	362,411	56.35	+0.03
	Labor	Tracey Price	280,696	43.65	−0.03
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+0.03

This section is an excerpt from 2024 Queensland mayoral elections § Brisbane.[edit]

2020

2020 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Adrian Schrinner	292,895	47.74	−5.64
	Labor	Pat Condren	189,832	30.94	−1.02
	Greens	Kath Angus	94,481	15.40	+5.0
	Animal Justice	Karagh-Mae Kelly	19,022	3.10	+3.10
	Civil Liberties & Motorists	Jeff Hodges	5,502	0.90	−1.20
	Independent	Frank Jordan	4,008	0.65	+0.65
	Independent	John Dobinson	3,461	0.56	+0.56
	Independent	Ben Gorringe	2,270	0.37	+0.37
	Independent	Jarrod Wirth	2,065	0.34	−0.16
Total formal votes			613,536
Informal votes			16,425
Turnout			629,961
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Adrian Schrinner	306,905	56.32	−2.99
	Labor	Pat Condren	237,988	43.68	+2.99
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−2.99

This section is an excerpt from 2020 Queensland mayoral elections § Brisbane.[edit]

2016

2016 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Graham Quirk	325,714	53.38	−8.56
	Labor	Rod Harding	195,055	31.96	+6.80
	Greens	Ben Pennings	63,483	10.40	−0.30
	Consumer Rights	Jeffrey Hodges	12,960	2.12	+2.12
	People Decide	Karel Boele	5,195	0.85	+0.85
	Independent	Jim Eldridge	4,764	0.78	+0.78
	Independent	Jarrod Wirth	3,063	0.50	+0.50
Total formal votes			610,234
Informal votes			15,287
Turnout			625,521
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Graham Quirk	336,450	59.31	−9.19
	Labor	Rod Harding	230,841	40.69	+9.19
	Liberal National hold		Swing

This section is an excerpt from 2016 Queensland mayoral elections § Brisbane.[edit]

2012

2012 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane^[22][23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Graham Quirk	333,637	61.94	+1.87
	Labor	Ray Smith	135,534	25.16	−3.85
	Greens	Andrew Bartlett	57,641	10.70	+2.32
	Sex Party	Rory Killen	7,125	1.32	+1.32
	Independent	Chris Carson	4,733	0.88	+0.88
Total formal votes			538,670
Informal votes			11,778
Turnout			550,448
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Graham Quirk	340,464	68.53	+2.43
	Labor	Ray Smith	156,357	31.47	−2.43
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+2.43

This section is an excerpt from 2012 Queensland mayoral elections § Brisbane.[edit]

2008

2008 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Campbell Newman	335,076	60.07	+12.87
	Labor	Greg Rowell	161,845	29.01	−11.59
	Greens	Jo-Anne Bragg	46,733	8.38	−1.82
	Independent	Robert Campbell	8,439	1.51	+1.51
	Independent	Louise Day	1,801	0.32	+0.32
	Independent	Bryan Crawford	1,331	0.24	+0.24
	Independent	David Alan Couper	952	0.17	+0.17
	Independent	James Patrick Sinnamon	856	0.15	+0.15
	Independent	Derek Rosborough	773	0.14	+0.14
Total formal votes			557,806
Informal votes			9,618
Turnout			567,424
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Campbell Newman		66.1	+13.7
	Labor	Greg Rowell		33.9	−13.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+13.7

This section is an excerpt from 2008 Queensland mayoral elections § Brisbane.[edit]